Living out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission with churches in the inner city.

In the heart of neighborhoods challenged by poverty, inner-city churches are at work. Using limited resources, they continue to meet needs in their neighborhoods. Their caring programs help lower crime rates, prevent suicide, and support healthy families. But confronting poverty is a huge challenge, and they can’t meet every need by themselves.

That’s where the Inner City Ministry of Cru® comes in. We partner with churches by providing tools and resources they need to help their communities flourish. When you support the Inner City Ministry of Cru , you help increase the urban church’s capacity to reach more of their neighbors with Jesus’ love and hope.

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How You Can Get Involved

There are many ways to reach those in the inner city with the hope of the gospel. Whether you’re volunteering, participating in short-term mission trips, or making a long-term commitment as a Cru staff member or partner ministry, your gifts are needed.

Serving Where It Matters Most

The Inner City Ministry of Cru partners with inner-city churches and grassroots ministries across the country, equipping them with tools to create real and meaningful change within their own neighborhoods. View the full list of locations and learn more about how they are transforming their communities.

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Gospel exposures

Through compassionate evangelism, churches address the needs of their community in a way that opens the door for the gospel.
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People in whole-person discipleship relationships

Our partner churches address the spiritual, emotional, physical, and social needs of the whole person through Christ-centered relationships and programs.

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Urban church and ministry partners

Our partners work in their own neighborhoods supported by the resources and training of the Inner City Ministry of Cru.

How You Can Help

Whether you choose to support a specific program or let your gift be used where it’s needed most, your gift can help under-resourced urban churches better serve their communities.

Your time is also a welcome gift — meal boxes and backpacks don’t pack themselves! Individuals and congregations across the U.S. are volunteering to support our work. Find out how you can join them.

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Stories from the Inner City

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Outside the Box: Weights, a Meal and Hoops

Editor’s note: For decades, the Inner City Ministry of Cru® has served poor and neglected communities by equipping pastors and lay leaders with resources and training to reach their neighborhoods

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Outside the Box: VBS, College and Prayer

Editor’s note: For decades, the Inner City Ministry of Cru® has served vulnerable communities by equipping pastors and lay leaders with resources and training to reach their neighborhoods with the

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The Cycle Continues

Cleland was enjoying the freedom that only a bicycle can bring when you are little, and your world is still small. It only lasted a few minutes before a gunshot

S.A.Y. Yes! Centers and the Inner City Ministry of Cru

Prayerfully consider how many children you can help today through S.A.Y. Yes! Centers for Youth Development®.

You’ll not only be transforming individual lives but entire families.

Today is the day! These are the final hours of the Launch Hope in the City Challenge.

Your gift will strengthen communities through the transforming power of Christ.